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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Elvis - Presliad (Comprising sections Elvis Moves Out through Finale).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What archetype does Newman represent?
(a) Keeper of American imagination.
(b) Journeyman.
(c) The American philosopher.
(d) Doomed lover.

2. Why did people riot at Sly Stone concerts in the 70s?
(a) His music provoked angry emotions.
(b) The police showed up and made racial slurs.
(c) Sly showed up late or not at all.
(d) Sly sold out.

3. What is added in the middle of the chapter "Harmonica Frank -1951," set off with a note from the author?
(a) An autobiography.
(b) A footnote.
(c) A digression.
(d) An appendix.

4. According to Marcus in "Elvis," why does Elvis NOT owe blacks anything?
(a) The music was a throwaway.
(b) They gave the style away freely.
(c) They did not copyright the style.
(d) He made the music his own.

5. Who wrote Why Are We in Vietnam?
(a) Erich Segal.
(b) Norman Mailer.
(c) Harmonica Frank.
(d) Lyndon Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "There's a mickie in the tastin' of disaster" (90)?

2. At the time Riot was made, who was making the decisions about what kind of records would be created?

3. What literary term does Marcus identify with the line "When he died, all he left us was alone"?

4. What is the last number on The Band album?

5. What does Marcus point out as valuable in the Beach Boys music?

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